Ep 329: Austin Lo - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1) Austin Lo walks through the process of thermionic energy
conversion and why General Motors got involved in nuclear reactor
research in the 1960s 


2) Benefits & challenges of thermionics for space nuclear
power applications 


3) A comparison of how nuclear R&D has evolved over time and
alongside regulatory changes 


4) Expanding nuclear innovation to cultural growth, discovery,
and new inventions